FESTIVALS & EVENTS IN EDINBURGH
Culturally, Edinburgh is best known for the Edinburgh Festival, although this is in fact a series of separate events, which run from the end of July until early September each year. The longest established festival is the Edinburgh International Festival, which first ran in 1947.
FESTIVALS & EVENTS OF EDINBURGH:
Edinburgh Festival,
Edinburgh International Book Festival,
Festival Theatre,
Fringe Festival,
The Hub,
The Queen's Hall,
Royal Lyceum Theatre,
Royal Military Tattoo,
Westport Book Festival,
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for several simultaneous arts and cultural festivals that take place during August each year in Edinburgh, Scotland. These festivals are arranged by a number of formally unrelated organizations, meaning there is no single event officially termed the Edinburgh Festival ...
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EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL
The Edinburgh International Book Festival, is a book festival that takes place in the last three weeks of August in Charlotte Square, in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland's capital. Calling itself the largest festival of its kind in the world, the Book Festival hosts a concentrated flurry of cultural and political talks and debates ...
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE
The Edinburgh Festival Theatre is a performing arts venue located on Nicolson Street in Edinburgh used primarily for opera and ballet, large-scale musical events, and touring groups. It is one of the major venues of the Edinburgh International Festival and is the year-round venue for the Scottish Opera and Ballet ...
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FRINGE FESTIVAL
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (The Fringe) is the world's largest arts festival. Established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, it takes place in Scotland's capital during three weeks every August alongside several other arts and cultural festivals, collectively known as the Edinburgh Festival ...
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THE HUB
The Hub, at the top of Edinburgh's Royal Mile, is the home of the Edinburgh International Festival, and a central source of information on all the Edinburgh Festivals. Its gothic spire - the highest point in central Edinburgh - towers over the surrounding buildings, including the adjacent castle ...
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THE QUEEN'S HALL
The Queen's Hall is a 900-capacity music venue, situated on Clerk Street in Edinburgh. Originally built in 1823 as Hope Park Chapel, it was converted to its current role in 1979 and was formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1979. It plays host to all types of music, and presents approximately 200 performances every year ...
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ROYAL EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is an annual series of Military tattoos performed by British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and International military bands and display teams in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. The event takes place annually throughout August, as part of the wider Edinburgh Festival ...
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ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE
The Royal Lyceum Theatre is a 658 seat theatre in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, named after the Theatre Royal Lyceum and English Opera House, the residence at the time of legendary Shakespearean actor Henry Irving. It was built in 1883 by architect C. J. Phipps and remains one of the most original and unaltered of the architect's work ...
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WESTPORT BOOK FESTIVAL
The West Port Book Festival is a book festival which is held in Edinburgh during the busy Edinburgh Festival season. It is of note due to its use of many working second-hand book shop venues in the West Port for most of the events, and its insistence on free tickets for entry ...
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